SWIFT

SWIFT

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) provides a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment. Uttara Bank Limited has been the member of SWIFT since December 2000. Our all Authorized Dealer branches, Head Office International Division and Offshore Banking Unit are connected to SWIFT network to send and receive information about financial transactions and various messages that includes fund transfer, payment instruction, authorization, amendment, etc.

SWIFT system of the bank is subscribed to SWIFT for sanctions screening to make all financial transactions complied with global AML regulations and Counter Terrorist Financing. As a result, each transaction through SWIFT mechanism of the bank is now examined through SWIFT Sanctions Screening.